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enIPYCopyright 20122012-05-21T20:06:00+00:00Press release: The NOMAD Expedition - Studying social change in the Russian far northhttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/press_release_the_nomad_expedition_studying_social_change_in_the_russian_fa/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/press_release_the_nomad_expedition_studying_social_change_in_the_russian_fa/Press release: The NOMAD Expedition - Studying social change in the Russian far north
(Kola Peninsula, NW Russia)
The NOMAD Expedition (March 2007-February 2008) followed the annual migration of a reindeer herd in the central part of the Kola Peninsula. Endorsed by the German International Polar Year Committee, it was funded by the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (MPI) in Halle, Germany. A constituent part of the expedition was eNOMADPress, Land, People, Arctic, Russia, Press Releases2009-02-12T15:01:00+00:00Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE) - 2008 progress reporthttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/subglacial_antarctic_lake_environments_sale_2008_progress_report/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/subglacial_antarctic_lake_environments_sale_2008_progress_report/Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE)
2008 Progress Report
The SCAR Scientific Research Program (SRP) on Subglacial Antarctic Lake Environments (SALE) made significant advances on several fronts in 2008. SALE promotes, facilitates and champions international cooperation to better understand subglacial aquatic environments in Antarctica. In addition, SALE promotes and advances all aspects of environmental stewardship in research and exploration of these unique settings. SALE is a recognized IPY program under the auspices of the SALE-UNified International Team for Exploration and Discovery (SALE-UNITED) program. The SALE website contains details on all facets of the Program (http://scarsale.tamu.edu/). SALE produces an email digest mailing that circulates weekly highlights of subglacial lake research and related topics to more than 150 scientists world-wide.
Progress
SALE facilitates partnerships and cooperation. Members of SALE are funded through their national programmes to conduct the science of SALE. SALE funding from SCAR allows for the convening of a yearly meeting. As such, the achievements of SALE are produced by a cohort of national efforts. Knowledge of subglacial aquatic environments has reached a level where major proposals are now being submitted for funding by individual national programs beyond remote surveys. These proposed research projects, if funded, will sample subglacial systems in compliance with current environmental protocols. Data obtained from these projects will provide the basis for future research and discovery. The following highlights two recent proposals (one funded and one pending) and updates that status of drilling activities at Vostok Station:
1. Subglacial Lake Ellsworth:&nbsp; In Dec 2008, UK-NERC awarded funding for the direct access, measurement and sampling of Subglacial Lake Ellsworth. ThisParticipants, Press, Ice, Land, Antarctic, Press Releases2009-02-01T20:56:00+00:00Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) report now onlinehttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sustaining_arctic_observing_networks_saon_initiating_group_report_online/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/sustaining_arctic_observing_networks_saon_initiating_group_report_online/The Sustaining Arctic Observing Networks (SAON) report ‘Observing the Arctic’ is now ready for distribution. The presented conclusions have developed during a series of workshops involving 350 Arctic researchers, representatives of inter-governmental, national and subnational government agencies, representatives of indigenous peoples organizations, and residents of the Arctic. This process, referred to as the SAON-process, was initiated as a response to the request from Arctic Council ministers at their meeting in Salekhard, Russia in November 2006. The report was drafted by the SAON Initiating Group and is directed to organizations, agencies, governments, networks and programs involved in all aspects of Arctic observing.
Download the report (PDF) directly, or visit the site, ArcticOberving.orgParticipants, Press, Atmosphere, Ice, Land, Oceans, People, Space, Arctic, Announcements2009-01-12T19:40:01+00:00New issues of the Australian Antarctic Magazinehttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/new_issues_of_the_australian_antarctic_magazine/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/new_issues_of_the_australian_antarctic_magazine/The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) has published several further issues of the Australian Antarctic Magazine:
The latest issue of the Australian Antarctic Magazine (Issue 15, 2008) looks at the changes wrought in Antarctica by the signing of the Antarctic Treaty 50 years ago; ocean acidification; and Australia’s science program for 2009. It is also available as a PDF.
Issue 13 looks at the connections between Antarctic science and policy and how the Australian Antarctic Division is increasing and strengthening them. The issue also contains stories about three new marine mammal projects, working in Antarctica, and our Antarctic Arts Fellows.
Issue 14 features among other things research conducted for two of Australia’s major International Polar Year projects, the first passenger flight of the A319 to Wilkins, and the activities of our Arts Fellows.Participants, Press, Atmosphere, Ice, Land, Oceans, People, Space, Bi-polar, Australia, Announcements2009-01-08T19:33:00+00:00IPY Report: January 2009http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_january_2009/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_january_2009/Content:
1. IPY after February 2009
2. Promoting your project in February, 2009
3. Polar Days
4. APECS
5. AGU Report
Report no. 21, January 2009
From: IPY International Programme Office
To: IPY Project Coordinators
cc: IPY Community Google Groups
1. IPY after February 2009
Colleagues and friends regularly ask us what the “IPY plan” is for 2009 and 2010, and “What will happen to the IPO?”.&nbsp; The answer for IPY varies by country and project.&nbsp; Some countries will hold closing events in February and March this year.&nbsp; Other national programmes will continue IPY research through Arctic 2009 and Antarctic 2009/2010 seasons and beyond, driven by financial and logistical factors in the last two years.&nbsp; In IPO we consider the closing events and the continuing research as important parts of IPY.&nbsp; We hope that those of you with on-going research will continue to share your news and stories via IPY.org.
The IPO seeks funding for an additional 18 months of operation, covering March 2009 through September 2010.&nbsp; We call this the IPO ‘Hand-Over’ period, wherein we find long-term partners for many of the IPY activities, support assessments and evaluations, keep ipy.org active, represent IPY at prominent events, and generally maintain the internal connections and external relations at a high level through the Oslo 2010 Science Conference.&nbsp; Contact Dave () to know more about these hand-over plans or to contribute much-needed funds.
The IPY Conference in Oslo, June 8-12th 2010, will be the first opportunity for the broad range of IPY researchers to share their results in an interdisciplinary and international forum. More details about this conference can be found at: http://www.ipy-osc.org/
We are also keen to share information about national and local events occurring in conjunction with IPY,- please email Rhian () to add details of your celebration to this page:
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2. Promoting your project in February, 2009
On February 25th, 2009, the International Polar Year 2007-8 will celebrate the two years of IPY research with a press conference, ceremony and reception in Geneva, Switzerland.&nbsp; At that time, the IPY Joint Committee will release a report on “The State of Polar Research”.&nbsp; We hope that the February Celebrations will draw wide international media and political interest in polar research.&nbsp; We encourage all IPY participants to consider promoting your involvement with IPY during the weeks leading up to this event.
All IPY Participants:
Whatever your involvement with IPY, consider using this increased media attention as an opportunity to promote your activity,- in the field, classroom, local community, or country. Local media in particular will be interested in profiling your engagement in IPY, in the context of the ‘bigger picture’ that we can help supply.
IPY Projects:
We are asking every IPY project interested in media attention to choose a unique date to be profiled between January 20th and February 20th, 2009. On this date we will help promote your project via:
- a press release or story for IPY.org, and wider circulation around journalists
- scientists to be available for interview
- additional media information (images, film, international contacts available for interview, etc) as appropriate for the project, probably hosted on your own website
We also ask for a photo and brief project description for the February media page:
/index.php?/ipy/detail/feb09_projects/
To have your project highlighted in this way, please contact Rhian ().
3. Polar Days
Many thanks to all our many partners who participated in ‘Above The Poles’ Day on December 4th, 2008. The Day was a great opportunity to profile a diverse range of research from atmospheric studies and meteorology to astronomy and observation, and we received very positive feedback from students around the world.
The next Polar Day will focus on Polar Oceans and occur between March 18th and 25th. The Day will include an ocean-related classroom activity translated in many languages, several live events connecting students around the world with polar researchers, and web pages filled with activities and scientific information about current ocean research.
We are currently looking for scientists involved in ocean-related research who would like to become involved in these events around the world,- please pass this message on to colleagues and students who might be interested in participating in IPY Education and Outreach. For more information, please contact Nicola Munro () and Rhian Salmon ().
4. APECS
The APECS Directorate office is now located at the University of Tromso in Norway, sponsored by the Norwegian Research Council and the University. The goals of the office for the next year are to strengthen ties with existing organizations with the goal of supporting international and interdisciplinary collaborations and integrating education and outreach into research projects. APECS is planning a summer school in Svalbard in June together with UNIS and UArctic and another in January at Bellingshausen with the International Arctic Research Center and others. Plans for a Virtual Poster Session featuring projects by young researchers is under development and hopes to be launched by March. APECS is also seeking young researchers interested in getting more involved and learning more about polar research to take on roles of Research Discipline Coordinators. For more information, please visit: http://www.apecs.is or contact Director Jenny Baeseman at {encode="jbaeseman@gmail.com" title="jbaeseman@gmail.com
5. AGU report
Polar science and IPY had a strong presence at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, in Union, Cryosphere and many other sessions.&nbsp; Many of us also enjoyed an IPY party at the San Francisco Exploratorium.&nbsp; IPO thanks the many organizers and partners who helped us with the party, the press conferences, the side meetings, the exhibits, the teacher programmes, and the science sessions.&nbsp;Educators, Participants, Press, Atmosphere, Ice, Land, Oceans, People, Space, Arctic, Antarctic, Bi-polar, Announcements2009-01-07T21:04:00+00:00‘Above The Poles’ Day Celebrated around the Worldhttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/above_the_poles_day_celebrated_around_the_world/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/above_the_poles_day_celebrated_around_the_world/December 4th, 2008, was our seventh International Polar Day (including the launch), this time focusing on research ’Above The Polar Regions‘. You’d think by now we would know how to do these… but every time, without exception, is experimental and exciting. Much like the IPY science we are discussing.
In the following days, we heard from people around the world:
Brazil
The last IPY Day, on December 4th, was very special in Rio Claro, SP, Brazil!
Cubs and Scouts of the Grupo Escoteiro Santa Cruz (Rio Claro, SP) joined teacher Miriam Hebling Almeida and students Isabela Horta and Thaynara Zaia (ColEducators, Press, Atmosphere, Space, Arctic, Antarctic, Brazil, Egypt, India, United Kingdom, United States of America, News2008-12-09T18:20:00+00:00IPY Report: December 2008http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_december_2008/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/ipy_report_december_2008/Content:
1. IPY Data letters to National Committees
2. Publications, Reports, Special Issues
3. IPY Celebrations, February 2009
4. IPY at AGU Conference, December 2008
5. Current Antarctic Season
6. Images
7. IPY Closure over Holiday Season
Report no. 20, December 2008
From: IPY International Programme Office
To: IPY Project Coordinators
cc: IPY Community Google Groups
1.&nbsp; IPY Data Management letters
The IPY Joint Committee co-chairs have sent Data Management letters to 10 IPY National Committees (Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, UK).&nbsp; These letters encourage those countries that have national IPY data coordination efforts, perhaps stimulate those that do not, and generally seek the assistance of the National Committees in ensuring that IPY Projects led from their countries submit urgent metadata information to IPYDIS or to a national data system linked to IPYDIS.&nbsp; In all cases we work toward a goal of identification of all IPY data by 1 March 2009.&nbsp; If you as a Coordinator of an IPY Project receive an inquiry from your National IPY Committee, now you know why.
If you believe a letter would have a positive effect in your country, please contact Dave Carlson ().
2. Publications, Reports, Special Issues
We know that many IPY Projects and several IPY National Committees begin to produce documents: prominent publications, collections of publications in special issues of polar journals, pamphlets and books, etc.&nbsp; For each IPY publication, authors should provide the IPY Publications Database with (i) one or more electronic links (DOI, URL) to the publication, or (ii) the actual publication.&nbsp; Further details, including where to submit contributions, are provided on the Reporting Your Publications page at http://www.nisc.com/ipy.&nbsp; We also like to see: stories on IPY.org (such as the nice story with pictures about late season methane release this week); hard or digital copies of project or national reports, particularly those not submitted as scientific publications; notice of special issues devoted to IPY Projects.&nbsp; Eventually, the IPO will ask all IPY Projects and probably all National Committees for summary materials.&nbsp; These reports and special issues will help fulfill that request.
Submit your information to any member of the IPO staff.
3. IPY Celebrations, February 2009
On February 25th, 2009, the International Polar Year 2007-8 will be celebrating these two years of IPY research in conjunction with a report on the “State of Polar Research” being released by the IPY Joint Committee. We hope that the February Celebrations will draw wide international media and political interest in polar research. In light of this, we encourage project leads to consider promoting your IPY research during the weeks leading up to this event. The IPO is very happy to discuss details of media campaigns and materials further, either directly with project leads or associated media contacts.
Webpages dedicated to February events and media releases will be created on IPY.org shortly. This will be an opportunity for all IPY partners to promote your projects, share your plans, and advertise your availability for interviews. For further information about activities occurring at this time, or to discuss promotion of your project, please contact Rhian Salmon ().
4. IPY at AGU Conference, December 2008
IPY will once again have an exhibit space at AGU, shared with the NSF Office of Polar Programmes. Please feel free to use the booth as a meeting point, and to leave any information you would like distributed relevant to your project.
There is also an enormous range of polar sessions, workshops, and meetings occurring at AGU this year. Here are some to look out for:
Monday 15
AM:&nbsp; Cryosphere IPY Poster Session (C11C)
PM:&nbsp; Union IPY Poster Session (U13B); Union Rapid Arctic Change Poster Session (U13C)
Tuesday 16
AM:&nbsp; 0900: AGU press conference for Union Sessions U23F and U42B, later that afternoon; 1000 - 1200 IPY EOC meeting - contact Rhian (ipy.ras@gmail.com), all welcome
PM:&nbsp; Union IPY Presentations (U23F); followed by Union Rapid Arctic Change Presentations (U24B); Nye Lecture (M. Albert) at 1700
Wednesday 17
AM:&nbsp; Cryosphere IPY Presentations (C31G); Education IPY EOC Presentations (E31B, E32A);
PM:&nbsp; Education IPY EOC Posters (E33A)
Thursday 18
PM:&nbsp; APECS meeting (1200 to 1400) - contact Jen Baeseman (jbaeseman@gmail.com)
Thursday eve (8pm onwards): IPY reception/celebration IPY at the Exploratorium: all IPY partners welcome
5. Current Antarctic Season
The 2008-9 Antarctic Season has already started with many IPY activities in the Southern Ocean, with three major traverses (China, Japan-Sweden, Norway-US), with airborne exploration of the Gamburtsev range, with continued deployment of seismic and GPS stations as part of POLENET, and more.
Whatever you are doing in Antarctica this season, please consider sharing your experiences through stories and blogs on IPY.org. (Contact if interested.)
6. Images
The IPY IPO is building anEducators, Participants, Press, Atmosphere, Ice, Land, Oceans, People, Space, Arctic, Antarctic, Bi-polar, Announcements2008-12-09T02:16:00+00:00Above the Poles Day, TODAY!http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/above_the_poles_day_today/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/above_the_poles_day_today/Today, Thursday December 4th, IPY is celebrating it’s seventh International Polar Day, this time focussing on research Above The Polar Regions.
In conjunction with this event, several IPY partners have released new information about their projects. Here are some examples:
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Global Interagency IPY Polar Year Snapshot GIIPSY
GIIPSY has been central in the research behind this announcement. that the Wilkins Ice Shelf is Under Threat. New rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula.
GIIPSY investigators have also been involved in the following research:
DLREducators, Press, Atmosphere, Space, Arctic, Antarctic, Bi-polar, News2008-12-04T10:12:00+00:00Wilkins Ice Shelf under threathttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/wilkins_ice_shelf_under_threat1/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/wilkins_ice_shelf_under_threat1/New rifts have developed on the Wilkins Ice Shelf that could lead to the opening of the ice bridge that has been preventing the ice shelf from disintegrating and breaking away from the Antarctic Peninsula.
Full Story, including animations
The ice bridge connects the Wilkins Ice Shelf to two islands, Charcot and Latady. As seen in the Envisat image above acquired on 26 November 2008, new rifts (denoted by colourful lines and dates of the events) have formed to the east of Latady Island and appear to be moving in a northerly direction.
Dr Angelika Humbert from the Institute of Geophysics, MPress, Space, Antarctic, Germany, United States of America, Press Releases2008-12-04T10:05:00+00:00Solar Linkages to Atmospheric Processeshttp://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/solar_linkages_to_atmospheric_processes/
http://www.ipy.org/index.php?/ipy/detail/solar_linkages_to_atmospheric_processes/Solar Linkages to Atmospheric Processes (SLAP) is an International Polar Year project investigating the links between changes in solar output and weather and climate. Thunderstorms and lightning strikes drive electricity around the world and form part of a global ‘atmospheric electric circuit’ that flows between the ground and the lower reaches of the ionospherePress, Atmosphere, Space, Antarctic, Australia, Russia, Press Releases2008-12-04T09:15:00+00:00